View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 30.2 × 54.5 cm · framed: 38.5 × 63 × 6.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of William Macbeth
Accession Number
1947.198
Tags
Black American Artistsmale
About this artwork
Duncanson was the first African American painter to achieve recognition at home and abroad. Although most of his career was spent in Cincinnati, he painted this calm, panoramic scene during a journey up the Mississippi River to Canada, which he likely made to escape the upheaval of the Civil War. Duncanson worked in Montreal and London, England, before returning home after the war.